Sentence examples for a yea from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a yea" is not standard or commonly used in written English.
It may be used informally to express agreement or affirmation, but it is not widely recognized.
Example: "When asked if I wanted to join the project, I simply replied with a yea."
Alternatives: "an affirmative" or "a yes".

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A: "Yea, I turned him right".

The New York Times

Approved 87 to 12, Oct. 17. 1 2 3 Connecticut Dodd (D) Nay Yea Yea Lieberman (D) A A Yea New Jersey Corzine (D) Nay Yea Yea Lautenberg (D) Nay Yea Nay New York Clinton (D) Nay Yea Yea Schumer (D) Nay Yea Yea KEY: (A) Absent or did not vote; (P) Present.

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1 2 3 4 Connecticut Dodd (D) Yea Yea Yea Yea Lieberman (D) A A A Yea New Jersey Corzine (D) Yea Yea Yea Yea Lautenberg (D) Yea Yea Yea Yea New York Clinton (D) Yea Yea Yea Yea Schumer (D) Yea Yea Yea Yea KEY: (A) Absent or did not vote; (P) Present.

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McHugh (R) A Yea 24.

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Quinn (R) A Yea 31.

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Gilman (R) A Yea Yea 21.

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("A Papist, a Mohomotan, a Deist, yea an Atheist" might someday even become president, one critic warned).

The New York Times

Approved 53 to 47, May 18. 1 2 3 Connecticut Dodd (D) A A Nay Lieberman (D) Yea Yea Yea New Jersey Lautenberg (D) Nay Yea Yea Torricelli (D) Nay Yea Nay New York Moynihan (D) Nay Yea Yea Schumer (D) Nay Yea Yea House 1.

The New York Times

But this wasn't a yea-or-nay vote about a bill.

Huffington Post

One person (0.5%) was found to have applied a "yea-saying" (acquiescence) response set (complying with items independent of content), six persons (3%) had a tendency to rate at the extremes, and 28 persons (14%) showed a tendency to rate using only the inner categories.

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Houghton (R) Yea A A KEY: (A) Absent or did not vote; (P) Present.

The New York Times

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